Some of my work (with pompous artist's statements).
THE LESSER WAVE
This piece was inspired by one of the first works of art I had ever seen. It was a photograph of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa”. To this day, this work both inspires and amazes me. My piece is merely a small homage to the original.
THE SKY ABOVE THE EARTH BELOW
This piece is a matter of conflicting balance. The clouds on the left of the work, are soft and fluffy . . . at first glance.
Only upon examination, can you see the storm starting to form. The right side of the work represent the land and the sea. Inextricably linked, but still separate. Up to a point.
IN ALL DIRECTIONS AT ONCE
This piece, in spite of its complexity at first glance, is intended to be quite simple. Lines going in every direction. Colors colliding and fading away. But, in the center, there is something solid onto which you can hold.
THAT’S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
The title of this piece is a reference to the Leonard Cohen song “Anthem”. In it, he sings: “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” In so many ways, I believe that this is both the gift, and the curse, of the artist. To find as many cracks as possible, and to fill them with as much light as you can.
WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN
This piece was inspired by a photograph I saw, many years ago, in Japan. The photograph had been taken around the turn of the last century. It was a sepia toned image, taken from above, of people rushing home in the rain. What I have tried to do with this piece, is capture the energy of the original photograph, without resorting to clearly defined images of the crowd.
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
This piece was inspired by everything Picasso. His work, his life, his demons, his loves.
From tortured faces to mystical elephants. From a bottle of Absinthe to the horse from the Guernica, I have tried to create a sense of the man. Or at least what he meant to me.
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